Woven Bookmark with Easy Tatted Lace Edges
March 29, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under tatting, tutorial, weaving and handweaving and looms
A member of the Ravelry group: Tatta tat tatters had a lovely idea for a shower gift for her friend.
She decided to make her a hankie with simple tatted edging, and asked for input.
I thought…. ooooooooh how neat…. I have a collection of vintage lace trimmed hankies that I love,
so it seems to me to be the perfect timeless and heartfelt gift.
I looked on the net to see if I could find some entry level tatted edgings,
but didn’t find any.
But, I did find 2 sources for linen hankies to add the lovely lace to:
mielkes farm
and
lacis
I looked at a heap of …read more
Plain Socks? Embellish them!
March 27, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under inspiration, knitting, tatting
It’s so easy to add a little touch of springtime to your sockies! So…. why have plain jane socks?
You can add a little embellishment to socks that you have knitted or crocheted,
like these ones that I just finished knitting.
Or, you can dress up purchased socks by stitching on purchased or crocheted or tatted
lace.
I tatted super simple flowers onto these socks…. it took 4 attempts to get the sock
edging right. I found that I liked it best when I cut the self striping yarn into colorways
that made sense for the flowers.
The flowers are rings of 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, …read more
